Voltron stole that ages ago... I am reduced to a mere "Spanner" now

6th. I wonder how long that will last?

4th! People have found one or two sensible posts from me! Thanks everyone

For how long/ how many posts before I may offer votes please? I have met some very sensible people here and read some even more sensible postings already.

Send votes to Car Expert when you like, is what I'd say Henry

Wow. One whole vote. Just what I need with Alpha Male Jazz Cat very poorly in hospital atm...

Cheers guys....



Sad Bag x

So sorry to hear that, Bag.

We have a new leader - in the form of barry-clari - with sbhoa slipping to 3rd.

barry-clari = 47
Mad Tom = 40
andante_in_c = 37
sbhoa = 37
dcmbarton = 32
BerkshireMum = 28
Flossie = 26
sarah123 = 26
AmandaL = 23
katyjay = 21
CrotchetyMum = 17
eldatom = 14
notmusimum = 12
skylark = 12
The Old Lady = 12
sarah-flute = 11
Bagpuss = 9
jod = 9
kenm = 9
LooneyTunes = 9
Lucid = 9
maggiemay = 9
Soph15 = 9
Cyrilla = 8
Miss Ross = 8
Barry Williams = 7
Car Expert = 7
diapason = 7
confutatis = 6
gedall40 = 6
Appassionata = 5
bohemian = 4
Holz Gedeckt = 4
Robodoc = 4
Andy-piano-flute = 3
Babybird2 = 3
elisabeth_rb = 3
jo.clarinet = 3
DawnF = 2
DaisyChain = 1
Solari = 1

Car Expert

Wow, up to 9...woo hoo...

Ta for your kind words, Andante - hugely appreciated.

Distraught-Bag x

I guess that sensible thing I posted a bit since did me no favours!

aww, poor Bag...

Thanks, Baz. Am a vurry lonely cat tonight... My whiskers are all down.

Bx

Join the club!

Oooh so sorry to hear about AMJC, Baggy. Best wishes for a speedy get-well!

Thanks, Mags....am a doobie-doo-down cat tonight

B x

Come on, who keeps voting for him? He is not sensible

I got some votes, yay!

Perhaps spontaneous karaoke at forum events is sensible after all...

Yeah right

Going to the Stalybridge Station Bar and drinking moon beer...sensible

Going to the Stalybridge Station Bar and drinking newcastle united themed beer... unsensible

Aah...I had moon beer and then waved at you and Flossie through the bar window while you were waiting for your train.

Sensible.

I know somebody who had a different opinion when she saw the photos.

Please note that I am generally being very sensible by refraining from joining in the frivolous discussion on this thread.

Barry, you weren't waving through the window, you were pulling faces. UNSENSIBLE!

They were good faces though, weren't they...

Most Useful Poster winner Mad Tom has now taken the lead ahead of barry-clari and sbhoa. Surely not...

Mad Tom = 58
barry-clari = 52
sbhoa = 49
dcmbarton = 47
andante_in_c = 44
BerkshireMum = 34
AmandaL = 32
Flossie = 28
sarah123 = 26
katyjay = 21
skylark = 19
Barry Williams = 17
CrotchetyMum = 17
jod = 17
kenm = 16
sarah-flute = 15
eldatom = 14
notmusimum = 12
Soph15 = 12
The Old Lady = 12
Bagpuss = 11
Cyrilla = 11
jo.clarinet = 11
Holz Gedeckt = 10
AnnC = 9
LooneyTunes = 9
Lucid = 9
jenny = 9
maggiemay = 9
Miss Ross = 8
petrat = 8
Car Expert = 7
diapason = 7
confutatis = 6
gedall40 = 6
Appassionata = 5
oboist = 5
bohemian = 4
Robodoc = 4
Andy-piano-flute = 3
Babybird2 = 3
elisabeth_rb = 3
DawnF = 2
nicki_flute = 2
DaisyChain = 1
Solari = 1

Car Expert

Someone tell the moderators!! Perhaps the post that earned me an unwarranted warning was

a. useful, and
b. sensible

No votes for me in this category ????

No, it wasn't.

Look at it this way...

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing" (Elbert Hubbard 1856-1915 - Writer, publisher, artist, philosopher)

So OK, if you stick your head above the parapet, you sometimes get caught by the flak, but the fact that you've got so many votes in arguably the most contested categories must demonstrate that a lot of members here support people who are willing to express their views, even if we don't always agree with them. Shame about the warning, but I think you're *sensible* enough to rise above it. Nobody ever said life was fair and some of us look to you to set an example as to how to overcome life's vicissitudes!

Nor for me F#minor. Tell you what, I'll vote for you if you'll vote for me! Howzat?

THATS CHEATING!!

kiddin,

Notice how weve not heard from V since i told him to go away?

Or have we?

Mad Tom now has an 22-point lead.

Mad Tom = 78
sbhoa = 56
barry-clari = 52
andante_in_c = 47
dcmbarton = 47
katyjay = 38
BerkshireMum = 34
AmandaL = 32
Flossie = 28
sarah123 = 26
skylark = 25
AnnC = 19
Cyrilla = 18
Bagpuss = 17
Barry Williams = 17
CrotchetyMum = 17
jod = 17
kenm = 16
fsharpminor = 15
sarah-flute = 15
eldatom = 14
Holz Gedeckt = 14
petrat = 13
The Old Lady = 13
noodle = 12
notmusimum = 12
Soph15 = 12
jo.clarinet = 11
jenny = 9
LooneyTunes = 9
Lucid = 9
maggiemay = 9
Miss Ross = 9
SueHM = 9
Car Expert = 7
diapason = 7
confutatis = 6
gedall40 = 6
ad_libitum = 5
Appassionata = 5
oboist = 5
bohemian = 4
Robodoc = 4
Andy-piano-flute = 3
Babybird2 = 3
elisabeth_rb = 3
Czerny = 2
DawnF = 2
nicki_flute = 2
DaisyChain = 1
Solari = 1

Car Expert

It would seem we're not very sensible in Kent!

I was, but I'm faaalllliiiinnnngggg!!!! Barry-clari's Kent, isn't he? We can nominate him as our county representative

(yes, I know his thingy says London, but in terms of old boundries and postcodes and --- isn't there some way we can include him as Kent?)

Wow , Ive suddenly got 15 pts from nowhere ! Thanks whoever did it !

I'm postally Kent, geographically London. My old 'ceremonial' county is Kent too.

Go on then, nominate me!

Can i be Scotland rep.....pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I hereby nominate BC to represent Kent in all categories, so that any success he achieves reflects immediately and glowingly on any other Kentish forum inhabitants (on whichever side of the Medway they reside)

In which case, Kent wins the most cheerful award!

Unlike me - I seem to be going nowhere from a running start of 9

Thanks - whoever voted and thought I was sensible

For those of you who haven't yet voted here's a very sensible reminder.
And if you're short of time and lacking in inspiration then you don't have to use all 10 of your votes.
Take the sensible option and


Vote for me!

For those who haven't seen in the emergency forum, Car Expert posted a more recent table.

Won't reproduce it all, but sbhoa is in 2nd place on 56, 22 votes adrift of Mad Tom, on 78.

I'm 3rd, on 52, andante_in_c and dcmbarton are joint 4th on 47, katyjay is 6th on 38, BerkshireMum is 7th on 34, AmandaL is 8th on 32, Flossie 9th on 28 and sarah123 rounds off the top 10 on 26. Skylark is just outside the top 10, on 25.

am i still not sensible

That's the same league table as the one posted on Post#83 of this thread

Car Expert

Go and vote for anyone but b-c, everyone. I clearly have lost my ability to read old posts. And that isn't at all sensible

nice try BC but not all that convincing ...

Before I stop posting altogether (and to demonstrate some more sensibleness) I'd like to leave everything ship shape, so to start with an apology to sarah123.


A while ago there was a thread about how to play a section where you have to split a chord in a section of Piazolla's "Retrado de Alfredo Gobbi" (It is unplayable as written with even the biggest of hands. I can't find the thread - the forum Search facility is pathetic).

I suggested that you could take the base octave and leap up to the triad with the LH. Sarah said play the chord with the RH and leap up to the melody. Well I recently decided to add this piece to my repertoire, and on studying it properly I concluded that Sarah is right.

The reason she is right is that there is a descending sequence of chords sitting between the bass and the melody, and it has to be on the beat to get the effect. It does not matter that the melody comes after the beat. In fact (the section is marked Rubato) it enhances it.


Next I would like to retract my opinion on Ginastera's Argentinian Dance No 3. It looks difficult, it sounds difficult. Well it IS difficult. But it is nowhere near so difficult as I thought on first acquaintance. I was mistaking unfamiliarity with the style for genuine difficulty. So please don't be discouraged from trying it.


Now is there anyone else that I disagreed with, when they were right all along, or anyone I upset inadvertently?

Now I'm going to have to go and look at the piece to find out what I was right about.

The voting lines have now closed, and the winner of Most Sensible Poster 2009 is...

Mad Tom

Mad Tom amazingly picks up his second award of the year after dominating the latter stages of the competition. Last year's champion sbhoa claims the runners-up spot a further 17 points behind. Dcmbarton edges out a tight battle with barry-clari and andante_in_c to take 3rd place, his best finish yet.

Most Sensible Poster 2009 - Final League Table
Mad Tom = 97
sbhoa = 80
dcmbarton = 59
4th: barry-clari = 58
5th: andante_in_c = 54
6th: katyjay = 49
7th: BerkshireMum = 41
8th: Cyrilla = 38
9th: AmandaL = 32
10th: Flossie = 28
11th: sarah123 = 27
12th=: Bagpuss = 26
12th=: skylark = 26
14th: sarah-flute = 25
15th: AnnC = 23
16th: maggiemay = 18
17th=: Barry Williams = 17
17th=: CrotchetyMum = 17
17th=: jod = 17
20th: kenm = 16
21st=: fsharpminor = 15
21st=: notmusimum = 15
23rd=: eldatom = 14
23rd=: Holz Gedeckt = 14
25th=: petrat = 13
25th=: The Old Lady = 13
27th=: cambiata = 12
27th=: Car Expert = 12
27th=: noodle = 12
27th=: Soph15 = 12
31st=: jo.clarinet = 11
31st=: Lucid = 11
33rd: SueHM = 10
34th=: jenny = 9
34th=: LooneyTunes = 9
34th=: Miss Ross = 9
37th=: diapason = 7
37th=: Susie = 7
39th=: Aquarelle = 6
39th=: CJB = 6
39th=: confutatis = 6
39th=: Digby = 6
39th=: gedall40 = 6
44th=: ad_libitum = 5
44th=: Alicia Ocean = 5
44th=: all ears = 5
44th=: Appassionata = 5
44th=: DaisyChain = 5
44th=: Mezzo1974 = 5
44th=: oboist = 5
51st=: bohemian = 4
51st=: elisabeth_rb = 4
51st=: jm-hamilton = 4
51st=: Robodoc = 4
55th=: Andy-piano-flute = 3
55th=: Babybird2 = 3
55th=: kerioboe = 3
55th=: TSax = 3
59th=: Czerny = 2
59th=: DawnF = 2
59th=: nicki_flute = 2
59th=: nova = 2
63rd: Solari = 1

Well done to the winner, and all those who received votes

Car Expert